MPLS or not MPLS?

We currently have MPLS between two sites. We found the price of MPLS by our provider is expensive.
I was told MPLS is nothing but a kind of VPN. If that is the case, we can simply set up site-to-site VPN through Cisco ASA 5510, which is equipped at both sites. So we can skip MPLS and save cost. What do you think?

As the other expert mentions, MPLS is great for a multi site setup. We use it here because we have many different sites all wanting to connect into the main site. We also have the ability to have different

As the other expert mentions, MPLS is great for a multi site setup. We use it here because we have many different sites all wanting to connect into the main site. We also have the ability to have different speeds on each connection depending on the need of that site and can adjust these on the fly with the vendor. But, as the above expert says, if you only have two sites and are satisfied with the speed and cost of that speed of a regular line, then Site-to-site VPN may be the way to go.

In our case, the fiber MPLS speeds are way better than available internet service.
Best internet service is between 10Mbps and 15Mbps DOWN and UP is slower.
MPLS speeds are over 30Mbps in BOTH directions.
VPNs are generally limited by the UP speed because two sites are always involved in the link.
And, just for completeness, you *could* run VPN over MPLS if you want to be sure.

I would go MPLS, in the past we had all members and branches having all Dial and leased line, now we moved them to MPLS (AVPN/IPVPN) we went with MPLS because it gives us:
- complete control over our WAN
- improve disaster recovery
(reconnect to backup locations if needed and applications can be re-routed easily)
- greater high availability
- performance
- prioritizing bandwidth allocation by protocol/application QoS
- most importantly for us was that we greatly reduces capital and operating costs.

Consider this: 100Mbps Ethernet is the common low end today.
1Gbps Ethernet is more the norm.
So, that's what people are used to.
And, they are used to 10Mbps internet connections but that's NOT the same thing / experience.

I believe that 100Mbps is mostly indistinguishable from 1Gbps to the user but that doesn't account for competing traffic.

The bottom line is that 3Mbps or less on a VPN is going to be *very* noticeable and not appreciated!
30Mbps is more like it.

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